This is double the number of children the same age that were permanently excluded in 2010/11.
A further 40 five-year-olds, also boys, were permanently excluded in 2011/12.
The report, ‘Permanent and fixed period exclusions from schools in England for the academic year 2011/12’, also reveals that 60 nursery-aged children, mainly boys, were excluded from school for a fixed period.
The previous year, 40 nursery children were temporarily excluded.
The number of children in reception excluded for a fixed period in 2011/12 was 1,480, of which 1,330 were boys.
This is an increase of 290 on the previous year, when 1,190 primary pupils were temporarily excluded. Of these 1,060 were boys.
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